Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-19
THE NORTH STATE.
APPOINTMENT OF STATE RAILROAD
DIRECTORS AND PROXIES.
Assessing the Value OF Railroads Some
Plain Talk Current News
and Briefs.
fspoclal Telegram 70 ,be Dl.na,cb ,

RALEIGH, \. c., June Ex-Governor
Scales to-day appointed as directors for the
North Carolina railroad on the part OF the
state John l.. Morehcad and Arm.
istead Burwell, Of Charlotte; Kerr Craige
Of salisbury; II. W. Thomas, Of Thomis.
Vile; Nj. A. Angler, OF Durham: X. +.
Iioke. Of Raleigh; W. +. Kornegly. Of
GoldsbOrO'; Donald Marae, OF Whining
ton; Stale proxy, Charles ". Bu,bte. Of
Raleigh. The appointments are for one wear
from July 18Th next. The Governor ap.
poiotcd a. directors oi the Atlantic and
North aI0lna railroad on the plrt oi t1e
state -hngt0n Bryan and &. T.. Foy, OF
Craven county; Dempsey Wood, Of Lc-
nO.F; W. II. II. Cobb, Of Wayne: John +.
WOotcn,.oi Lonoir; Winfield Chadwick. Of
Csrtcrci W. &. StrOnach and +. +. FI-
>on. Of wake; state proxy, 4. T.. WOmack,
0' Chatham.
Judge seymour rendered decision in
On important and interesting cl,c az The
adjourned term Of the United States Cir
cunt COUrt in equity here to-day. The else
j, that Of Il, +. clyde against j. V. vii.
hams and the Ncwbcrne and Pamlico
Steamboat Company concerning the steamer
Elm City, owned by The latter. The suit
Was 10 eu!Oin The defendant, from running
iie steamer on waters aOt mentioned ia
their charter and 10 Wiud up TIE affairs Of
ihe company. r. II. Bu>bee appeared for
D'aintfl and Clement Manly aud T.. &.
smith for Ccftudauts. The Judge granted
the relief asked, and ordered tue he Of
he steamer. The opinion of Judge Sey-
mour concerning the power Of courts Of
equity in dealing with insOlycnt corpOrI-
tonS Is abe, and presents new questions Of
great importance.
Yesterday man named Brennan, ma
live OF Canada. fell overheard white going
down Capr-Fear river on steamer. and
Has struck by the wheel and killed
T.. G. tuthbert, a prominent business
II an Of \, Wberne, died Yesterday.
Archibald Martin (c1lored) wa, yester-
day sentenced at Rockingham, {, be
naIg ed fOr the murder OF negro named
H,nry McNeill. in Richmond county. The
date Of the execution is july 18th. No APP
peal was taken.
Carter * Mcneil, general merchants, at
old Hundred, Richmond county, have a,.
signed 10 J. 4. Mcneil. Assets and La
bilitIcs are not stated.
An unknown schooner on fire is report.
ed 10 have grounded on llatteraS Shoals
Thursday night. She was loaded with
lumber.
j. H.. Marlborough. late Of Franklin
county, thi, state, who committed murder
III Kansas, has been convicted and sen.
fenced to be hanged at the conclusion OF
one years imprisonment in the penten.
tiary.
TuE RAILWAY ASSESSMENTS.
Considerable interest is manifested in the
new stylc OF assessment Of railway proper
~. The last Legislature passed an act. at
the instance Of the state Board on Assess
mcnts, providing that the chairman OF the
board of commissioners Of each county
through which a railway runs shall meet in
somc town on said line having the largest
number Of inhabitants and assess the said
road. II remains to be seen how the new
plin will work. Some people are already
crying out against ii.
NOTES HERE AND THERE.
4 letter from Ircdcl county say, the
Nhcat crop, now nearly all harvested. j.
,omclhing not seen IN many years, 80 largr
aud fine i>lt. The crop Of oats there j. one
Of the hc,t on record. Ia most sections 1t
is not above the average.
Culpreth Brothers turpcntine di,iillcry,
in Sampson county, WIS burned Thursday,
causing a loss Of $1,000.
A large force OF laborcrs /, doing rapid
work in grading the railroad from Atlanta,
Ca, to Monroe, y. {.
The Warrenton branch railroad, which
is only three miles long, will receive new
engine July 1t.
Raleigh has received this season $500 bale,
of cotton ln excess OF last seasons receipts
10 this date.
Rev. DR.. John :. Watkins. pastor OF the
First Presbyterian church, Raleigh,
breaches at Morehcad TO morrow, the first
sermon before the Tcachcr>' Association.
The GOidsbOro' Rifles broke camp al
Morehcad to-day and returned 10 Colds
bOrO'.